Family is priceless! We lost my Dad a year and a half ago and my Mom was lost without him. We live close now, and my husband is an excellent cook. We try to have Mom over for dinner at our house twice during the week and once on the weekend. Sometimes I take food to her house and eat with her there or we go out. Luckily I have siblings who also spend time and eat meals with Mom. As it has been said by others, no one knows how long we will be on this earth, so we should make the most of every day with those we love.

We visit our children and their family weekly for meals and socializing. We are fortunate to have children and grandchildren living in our city. We enjoy the grandkids school activities/performances. It's good to be an active part of their lives and have them in ours.

My husband are both 71 years old. We both have lost our parents. His Children live away, but mine live very close to us. We never get a call from them unless they need me for something. I don't mind because I would do anything for them and my family, but we feel alone. I don't have dinner for them because my one Son does not get along with his Sister. We are never invited to their places for anything. I do go for my Grandchildrens Birthday. It is a shame because my husband and I both have had different types of cancer. Sure isn't like the days when I spent every Sunday with my parents. Where have these days gone?

Around Christmas 2014, I had been praying for my family, that we would be closer, caring, and spend time together. I decided to begin having my kids and grandkids for supper on Monday night; all they had to do was come and sit around my table together. What a tremendous blessing these times have been. Have had guests some times; the boys, 51 and 31, usually clear things away, with help from my daughter-in-love, and we most of the time end up out on the back porch, just talking and listening and laughing and sharing. Precious moments indeed.

We try to have my mom over for dinner every Sunday evening. My husband enjoys cooking a special meal & our teenage daughters look froward to it. We often stay at the table to play a game or she & I take a walk. She's the only grandparent my girls have left so it's important to keep in touch.

Our family values the Sunday dinners at mom and dad's home. We never know when someone's last breathe will be. We are so grateful that we are here and able to get together. Two of us have been diagnosed with terminal cancer. One of us is a four year survivor and the other over 15 years. We are thankful that the sun is shining, rain is falling, snow is laying on the ground and the world is still turning. Be blessed and remember to "pay it forward." Never take a meal for granted because good or not, it's shared with those we love and are still here to share it with.

I heard about this on the TV program "Golden Opportunities" on Sunday mornings at 11:30 am, on Ch 3. It is a very nice idea. I will make lunch on Sundays for my family. This is a nice website, which I also heard about on TV.